==Primary Source References<ref>Please note that this list should not be considered comprehensive.</ref>==

==Primary Source References<ref>Please note that this list should not be considered comprehensive.</ref>==

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'''1812 December 1.''' ([[Bernard McMahon]] to Jefferson). "I also do myself the pleasure of enclosing you some superior China Pink and Auricula seeds."<ref>[[Short Title List|Betts, ''Garden Book'']], 492.</ref>

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'''1812 December 1.''' ([[Bernard McMahon]] to Jefferson). "I also do myself the pleasure of enclosing you some superior China Pink and Auricula seeds."<ref>[[Short Title List|Betts, ''Garden Book'']], 492. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page046.db&recNum=395 Copy] at Library of Congress.</ref>

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'''1813 January 11.''' (Jefferson to [[Bernard McMahon]]). "I have too long delayed returning you thanks for your favors of Nov. 24. & Dec. 1. and the hyacinth roots with the seeds of the China pink...which came safely to hand."<ref>Ibid, 504.</ref>

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'''1813 January 11.''' (Jefferson to [[Bernard McMahon]]). "I have too long delayed returning you thanks for your favors of Nov. 24. & Dec. 1. and the hyacinth roots with the seeds of the China pink...which came safely to hand."<ref>Ibid, 504. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page046.db&recNum=505 Polygraph Copy] at Library of Congress.</ref>

Historical Notes: This brilliantly colored dianthus blooms throughout the summer. Also known as Indian Pinks, the species was introduced from China and has been cultivated in Europe and America since the early 18th century. Jefferson first planted “Indian Pinks” at Shadwell, his birthplace, in 1767 and again at Monticello in 1807.[2]

1812 December 1. (Bernard McMahon to Jefferson). "I also do myself the pleasure of enclosing you some superior China Pink and Auricula seeds."[4]

1813 January 11. (Jefferson to Bernard McMahon). "I have too long delayed returning you thanks for your favors of Nov. 24. & Dec. 1. and the hyacinth roots with the seeds of the China pink...which came safely to hand."[5]